The Tinker’s Coin

[Verse 1]
Come all you lads and lassies near
A story I will tell to you
'Bout a cold damp night like this
When shelter I was seeking
Traveler passing through

[Verse 2]
The barkeep said to guard my coin
To stay away from this tinker
But that just brought me near to him
For naught had I worth taking
Traveler passing through

[Verse 3]
He bought me a glass of darkened stout
To thank me for my company
And dropped a penny in the glass
For the luck that it would bring to me
A traveler passing through

[Verse 4]
The poor have but their pennies left
The king his Saxon shilling
The king will never part with his
I part with mine most willing
To a traveler passing through

[Chorus]
This coin's been haunted by the sidhe
'Twill bring you joy or bring you grief
Depending on the works you do
What once was mine now belongs to you
A traveler passing through

[Verse 5]
We passed the night most forcefully
I sang my songs and his to me
We talked of life's brief song to sing
And visions we'd forsaken
As travelers passing through

[Verse 6]
The barkeep said it's time with scorn
This man here will be your undoing
They'll lock you up as sure as you're born
If they hear the song you're singing
A traveler passing through

[Verse 7]
They can lock me up as best they can
Yet songs can never know those chains
The song is sacred as the wind
We are just the harp that's singing
A traveler passing through

[Chorus]
This coin's been haunted by the sidhe
'Twill bring you joy or bring you grief
Depending on the works you do
What once was mine now belongs to you
A traveler passing through

[Verse 8]
Then later in a Highland pub
With friends around me singing
I chanced to glance into my glass
At another penny shining

[Chorus]
This coin's been haunted by the sidhe
'Twill bring you joy or bring you grief
Depending on the works you do
What once was mine now belongs to you
A traveler passing through

[Outro]
Thank you